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Hora 
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 Topic: To catch a thief?
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 at 01:17 |
I fear it might look like the "N" in "Nonsense" 
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JimJams
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 23:41 |
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It's ZORRO, signing the map :-)
Edited by JimJams - 11 Apr 2012 at 23:41
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Nokigon
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 23:34 |
The diplos, carrying the message of sleep across Illy. Zzz.....
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NumNum
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 23:29 |
 Hora wrote:
those diplos where mine, actually.  |
Awesome. I had very little hope of ever finding the infamous Z maker. Very cool! Thanks for letting us know.  |
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Rill
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 19:35 |
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/me adds to to-do list
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Brids17
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 19:17 |
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Someone should do this but make it spell muskrats.
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Rill
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 18:55 |
Congrats Hora -- very nice!
/me foresees a trend of interesting diplo configurations floating over the map.
An Illyrian form of smoke signals?
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Hora
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 17:46 |
Hi all,
those diplos where mine, actually.
And those only was the middle part, with two smaller Z's coming in front and after.
The Z happend by covering three rows of land one after the other, using four kinds of diplos, and no program was used here, just some 10 minutes of constant clicking, sending out 170 diplos each on it's own. After those 3 rows I gave up, else it would have become a W... or VW or even worse 
The foto was taken after round about 1.5 days travelling.
It was made out of pure boredom, but I was highly amused about all the theories made above, and the idea to use that to catch a thief really might work
Edited by Hora - 11 Apr 2012 at 17:47
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HonoredMule
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 17:17 |
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Judging by how far the formation drifted over 5 minutes, it probably took about 10 minutes to launch them all. Over that large a span, the timing of individual launches needn't be all that precise.
With that in mind, it was very likely not intentional, but simply the result of methodically launching diplomats to cover a fan of territory, sweeping back and forth.
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"Apparently, quoting me is a 'thing' now."
- HonoredMule
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Brids17
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 16:34 |
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I kind of suspect someone used a script to pull this off but who knows, maybe they just had some incredible timing...
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